THE GALE

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21449, 15 April 1935, Page 19

THE GALE

WIUKLKSS SET INSTALLED Tin steamer Gale, which was recently sold by the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company to an Australian firm, sailed from Lyttclton on Saturday afternoon for Melbourne. She is to be renamed Wannon, and will br engaged in the Australian coastal trade. Before the vessel's departure a wireless set of the latest design was installed in the vessel by the new owners. The set is a J-kilowatt spark set made by Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, Ltd. It has an aerial output of 2.', amperes, and is adjusted to meet the requirements of several wavelengths. An innovation is an automatic alarm apparatus which calls the operator by means of a buzzer should tne vessel's code call come through when the operator is not on watch. Another feature is an automatic distress signal sender. By means of this the operator can set the sender to transmit the SOS call, together with the latitude and longitude, and it will continue to do so without further attention. There is a modern selective receiver and the batteries are charged by the ship's 110-volt dynamo. NI'ODEA FOR ORDERS The British India steamer Nuddea, which recently discharged basic slag at Auckland and New Plymouth under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company and has since been lying in New Plymouth roadstead, arrived in the stream at Wellington on Thursday afternoon to await orders.

NORFOLK LOADING In ballast from London, the Federal steamer Norfolk reached Auckland on Thursday morning to commence her Homeward loading. She is to leave there again to-da.v for Gisborne, Napier. Wanganui, LyUolton, and Wellington to complete. The vessel is .scheduled to cicar Wellington finally on May 4 for London, Avonmouth, Cardiff, Liverpool, and Glasgow.

MATAKOA'S PASSENGERS The following is the advance list of passengers on the Mataroa, which is due at Auckland from London and Southampton on April 25: —Captain the Hon. E. li. Drummond and Mrs Drummond, Mr and Mrs B. K. Dawson, Mr and Mrs K. ,7. Greening. Misses G. and N. Greening. Mrs C. Mcintosh, Captain P. D. Park, Mrs K. S. Watkins, Mr and Mrs F. L. Brand, Miss R. M. Brandt, Mrs .T. E. Edmonds. Mrs C. l'Vaser, and Miss G. G. Rhind. TKIiS TO S All j TO-DAY The Tees arrived at Lyttelton early on Saturday morning after an uneventful trip )from the Chatham'lslands. She brought the following passengers: —Messrs J. Treise, W. Hough, S. Hough, and Northcote. The vessel is now to leave Lyttelton to-day lor the islands, calling at Waitangi, Owenga, Kaingaroa, and Pitt Island. She will return to Lyttelton and will proceed to Wellington to discharge fish. The Tees will probably then return to Lyttelton again to lay up. HURUNUI DELAYED The Hurunui, at present discharging Liverpool cargo at Napier, has been delayed by rain, and is now to leave there to-morrow to complete discharge at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. MAUI POMARE DELAYED The Maui Pomare, which was expected to arrive at Lyttelton yesterday afternoon from Apia and Niue, advised on Saturday that she was being delayed by stormy weather, and would not arrive until this morning.